Benson Cpl S E (2 results)
Published by Central Queensland University Publishing Unit (sponsored by the Battalion Association) 2004 reprint. ISBN 1876674846, 2004
Seller: Alexander Fax Booksellers, Mawson, ACT, AustraliaAlexander Fax Booksellers
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Add to basket*Sales/posting to the USA suspended*. Card covers, 220pp, fold out map and b&w photos. Near fine. Originally published in 1952. Briefly covers this battalion's achievements in WWI and the interwar years. WWII service for this Queensland battalion, which was part of the 29th Infantry Brigade, began in Yeppoon. The battalion then moved to Tiaro, Townsville and then New Guinea through the Salamau campaign to Lae, back to Australia and then to Bougainville, where it saw its last action before it was disbanded. Includes honour roll.…
Published by 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion Association, Sydney, 1952
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. 220pp, honour roll, awards, maps, bw ills (1 folding). Blue cloth in jacket. Long tear with associated creasing to front panel of jacket which also has some minor edge wear and rubbing, offset toning to endpapers, minor foxing. Scarce unit history. The 42nd was based in Yeppoon, then Tiaro, and finally in Townsville in Queensland before going to New Guinea and seeing action at Salamua and Bougainville. Inlcudes a brief account of the Battalion's actions in WWI. Size: 8vo.…